#but then what about indie oelvns

[foxstens]

love when the concept of gameplay in otome games comes up on reddit

#my posts #animanga #liveblogging #gameblogging #and then ppl just beg for games with more stat raising and rpg elements #while completely ignoring the team that invented the freaking genre #and when someone points it out #theyre like 'but those games arent localized :((((' #so that means they don't exist? #o-kay #but then what about indie oelvns #there's a lot of original english otome games that do have those elements #so why arent they playing those.... #literally in all the threads about this the only games to come up #are psychedelica of the black butterfly and collar x malice #and the tokimemo games and cheritz games #and like... there's more... even in english... pls #but then again there's people who literally say #that they don't look at or want to know about untranslated games #and i don't understand whyyy #like that's such a dumb perspective wtf #ehhh whatever

[lovebirdgames]

OTOMETOBER DAY 17 ~ Let’s celebrate the little guys! The indie game community is a treasure trove of gems waiting to be discovered. Indie games are labors of love and definitely deserve support. So what’s your favorite indie otome game?

(spoilers for Cinderella Phenomenon below)

Putting aside the obvious! I’m going to spotlight my first OELVN indie otome...Cinderella Phenomenon! It’s free to play and a staple in the indie otome community. What I really enjoyed about this game is the fairytale worldbuilding and the flawed protagonist, Lucette (or as I named her, Tayette). Witnessing her development into a better person is just as rewarding as watching her fall in love! Meanwhile, I’m out here falling for the guy who’s not an option...but what else is new, I guess.

#otometober #otometober2022 #varg #cinderella phenomenon #indie otome

[oatbrew]

i loooove the way you talk about otome bc so many people assume it’s always silly and unrealistic and even if is sometimes it’s like women can’t enjoy this kind of stuff without being ridiculed lmao. Ive just bought code realize and can’t wait to try it, if I recall correctly you played it, right? Also after what you said about cxm i might try it too!! Have a great day❤️

oh absolutely. i’ve read romance novels and played romance-oriented games for a long time and ive learned just how hard it is to find a non-romance writer who can write a compelling love story. i genuinely believe my favorite romance authors could write stephen king’s genre but stephen king couldn’t write theirs yknow?

people who denigrate romance whether that’s western novels or otome or oelvns underestimate the craft of writing character development through intimacy, vulnerability, and chemistry. because not only do you have to make the reader invested in these two characters as individuals you have to convince them why the two are compelling and/or compatible together in a romantic dynamic. it’s not easy and that’s why i have so much respect for people who contribute and support this genre, especially as a creative space which is majorly female-oriented and led.

the industry itself is largely marketed to and by cishet creators/audiences (and joseimuke w lgbt+ elements can get fetishistic but that’s a separate discussion) but no genre has introduced me to more queer indie creators and niche artists of color than romance media. so i never take any of this misogynistic put downs or this labeling of “guilty pleasures” seriously. i think especially for otome part of the appeal is that campy and silly elements are not only welcome but expected at times. and on the opposite end of that an otome can treat itself as seriously as it can and both takes can coexist and live in the same world. i think what i ultimately love about it for all of its problems (and what genre doesn’t have any) is this lack of self-consciousness in any of its choices. the devs/writers can be as creative (as zany as grimdark as fun) as it wants to the point that the worst sin an otome could commit is to be boring. like in one game you can play as a simple cafe owner who gets to romance a headless fairy and in the next you can play as a steampunk victorian lady who has toxic skin and could potentially kill her love interests by touching them?? where else can you find that???

anyway, off my soapbox now lol. and yes! code: realize is pretty great. cr and cxm are solid choices for console otome so you’ll have a (mostly) fun time w both!

#reply. #anon. #jm. #romance novels are good actually.

[gabtheirartistheirart]

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